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Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Science grows and Beauty dwindles.”

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Alfred Lord Tennyson was a prominent British Romantic poet known for his poetry that depicted nature, love, and heroism. His works, including 'In Memoriam A.H.H.' and 'Ulysses', are celebrated for their beauty and depth of emotion. more

“Scientists like myself merely use their gifts to show up that which already exists, and we look small compared to the artists who create works of beauty out of themselves. If a good fairy came and offered me back my youth, asking me which gifts I would rather have, those to make visible a thing which exists but which no man has ever seen before, or the genius needed to create, in a style of architecture never imagined before, the great Town Hall in which we are dining tonight, I might be tempted to choose the latter.”

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Author:Max Perutz

“Symmetry, as wide or as narrow as you may define its meaning, is one idea by which man through the ages has tried to comprehend and create order, beauty and perfection.”

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Book:Symmetry

Source: Symmetry

“You may translate books of science exactly. ... The beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written.”

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Book:The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals

Source: The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals

“When we truly realize that we are all alone is when we need others the most.”

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Author:Ronald Anthony Cross

“The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.”

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Author:Cyril Connolly

“Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone.”

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Book:The Complete Poetry

Source: The Complete Poetry

“Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.”

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Author:Mario Vargas Llosa

“I have friends who I get along with who I know get very uncomfortable being alone, unless they're with people, talking all the time. Whether it's on the phone, or in person, they're never by themselves. Whereas I could be alone for months.”

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Author:Viggo Mortensen

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